Mike and group, My computer with my earlier posts on this is currently down. Here is a quick summary of what I can remember. There were two groups of Boyds in Patrick County. One group was in the part of the county next to Franklin County (and is the one currently being discussed) while the other group resided in the area of Patrick County next to the NC state line. It is the latter group (not the former) that represent the descendants of the James Boyd referred to below. I am a descendant of this group and have not been able to find any connections between this group and the one next to Franklin County. I am quite familiar with and have researched both areas since my mother's family came from the area next to Franklin County and my father's family came from the area near NC. I have corresponded with several of the descendants of the Boyds from the area near Franklin County and since I am unable to repost any of my prior data at this time, they have my permission to repost anything they may have from me. Con Childress -----Original Message----- >From: Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> >Sent: Mar 31, 2011 11:53 PM >To: BOYD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BOYD] Joseph Boyd of Bucks Co., b 1740 > >Sherrie Kirby of Richmond, VA sent this information a few days ago on these >Boyd of Patrick County, Virginia > >"I also made a copy of James Boyd's Revolutionary War Pension Request. In >that document he states that his father was Joseph Boyd born in Bucks Co Pa >in 1740. They were living in Surry Co, NC at the time of the Rev. War, >Joseph (his father) was beaten up by the Tories (English) and could not join >the militia that was forming to fight, so James at age 14 joined in his >fathers place. My thinking on that is that he was the oldest son. Some of >his exploits are mentioned in the history books, he's pretty well known >around those parts." > >So are there any Boyd or Boyd researchers in Bucks County, PA or near by, >whom maybe able to join this group researching this group of Boyd families >form Patrick County, VA? > >This Joseph Boyd family from "Bucks" County of 1740 would be much larger >than the present day Bucks Co. So they may have lived in one of the other >Counties cut of from Bucks Co. > >I am not sure if there are old birth records for Bucks Country in the 1740's >or earlier, that may help discover more about this family family. > >So some time before 1776, this family has moved from Bucks Co., PA to Surry >Co., NC where Joseph's son James Boyd, aged 14 years when he joined in his >father place. Then by 1798 they are on Tax records for Patrick County, VA - >only about 30-45 miles from their home in Surry Co., NC. So this is where >many of our current researcher pick up this family. > >I can't say if the family moved straight from Bucks Co., PA to Surry Co., >NC. Or if they have some stops along the way through Maryland and Virginia. > >So the family look likes this:- > >Father - Joseph Boyd, b 1740 in Bucks Co., PA, died after 1800 (?) > >A) James Boyd, bc 1762 - most likely in PA, [aged 14 when he joined the >War. d ?? >B) Hugh Boyd, bc 1767 - most likely PA, m 1794 Patrick Co., VA, Sarah >Ward >C) Joseph Boyd, bc 177x - NC or VA?, dc 1852, Russell Co., VA, mc 1800, >Nancy Aaron >D) Robert Boyd, b 1780, State?, dc 1815 Patrick Co., VA), m 1806 Patrick >Co., VA, Elizabeth Rakes >There could be a fifth brother >E) Jonathan Boyd, b ??? > > >I suspect that we will find more sons and daughters born to this Joseph >Boyd. > >So if you can do some research in the "old" Bucks Co. PA of 1740 could you >please let the list know. > >Thank you > >Mike Boyd >Historical Committee, HBS > > > >_______________________________________ >House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. >_______________________________________ >Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 >______________________________________ >House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! >______________________________________ > >Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? 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Further to my previous Email about Joseph Boyd (1740-??) and his son James Boyd who served in the War of Independence I have these 8 James Boyds:- L18 James: b 1752 d 10-14-1824 MA m Janet Bell Cpl MA L19 James: b 1-8-1763 PA d 1-14-1853 MS m (1) Sarah Sloan (2) Ann Miller Pvt NC PNSR While searching for my Boyd family info I discovered the following DAR information and hope it will help someone in their search. Jim Allen. Boyd, James, b. 1763, Lancaster, PA., d. 1854, Newton Co., Miss. Grave located in Chism Family Cemetery on the Van Henry Farm on Highway 494 near Union, Newton Co., Miss. Marked 13 April 1978, Bobbashela Chapter. From: "Jim Allen" <jimallen@vista-express.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:16 AM L20 James: b 2-1-1762 IR d 2-2-1839 NY m Alida Conde Pvt NY L21 James: b 1743 PA d 10-9-1813 PA m Nancy Brown Maj PA Page 328 BOYD L22 James: b 10-3-1759 PA d 4-13-1846 VA m Florance (Flora) --- Pvt CL PA MD PNSR L23 James: b 1738 VA d --- SC m Martha Burns Sol SC L24 James: b c 1750 VA d 1840 TN m X Pvt VA L25 James: b c 1740 VA d a 11- -1815 VA m Sarah --- PS VA It is not given when James Boyd joined in his father Joseph Boyd's place but one would assume it was shortly after the war started in 1776. So he would have to have been born in the 1760's. L20's family is outlined in W. P. Boyds book of 1912 and stayed in New York State. So that would rule him out. The only other James Boyd on this list is L19. This may or may not be Joseph Boyd's son James. As you can see it has him being born in 1763 in Lancaster Co., PA and died in 1854 in Newton Co., Mississippi and buried in Chism Family Cemetery on the Van Henry Farm on Highway 494 near Union, Newton Co., Miss. Marked 13 April 1978, Bobbashela Chapter Are there any members of this list living in or near Newton Co., MISS. whom may be able to do some research on this James Boyd to see if he ever lived in Surry Co., NC; Patrick Co., VA and or Russell Co., VA and if anything is know about his family, etc Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

Sherrie Kirby of Richmond, VA sent this information a few days ago on these Boyd of Patrick County, Virginia "I also made a copy of James Boyd's Revolutionary War Pension Request. In that document he states that his father was Joseph Boyd born in Bucks Co Pa in 1740. They were living in Surry Co, NC at the time of the Rev. War, Joseph (his father) was beaten up by the Tories (English) and could not join the militia that was forming to fight, so James at age 14 joined in his fathers place. My thinking on that is that he was the oldest son. Some of his exploits are mentioned in the history books, he's pretty well known around those parts." So are there any Boyd or Boyd researchers in Bucks County, PA or near by, whom maybe able to join this group researching this group of Boyd families form Patrick County, VA? This Joseph Boyd family from "Bucks" County of 1740 would be much larger than the present day Bucks Co. So they may have lived in one of the other Counties cut of from Bucks Co. I am not sure if there are old birth records for Bucks Country in the 1740's or earlier, that may help discover more about this family family. So some time before 1776, this family has moved from Bucks Co., PA to Surry Co., NC where Joseph's son James Boyd, aged 14 years when he joined in his father place. Then by 1798 they are on Tax records for Patrick County, VA - only about 30-45 miles from their home in Surry Co., NC. So this is where many of our current researcher pick up this family. I can't say if the family moved straight from Bucks Co., PA to Surry Co., NC. Or if they have some stops along the way through Maryland and Virginia. So the family look likes this:- Father - Joseph Boyd, b 1740 in Bucks Co., PA, died after 1800 (?) A) James Boyd, bc 1762 - most likely in PA, [aged 14 when he joined the War. d ?? B) Hugh Boyd, bc 1767 - most likely PA, m 1794 Patrick Co., VA, Sarah Ward C) Joseph Boyd, bc 177x - NC or VA?, dc 1852, Russell Co., VA, mc 1800, Nancy Aaron D) Robert Boyd, b 1780, State?, dc 1815 Patrick Co., VA), m 1806 Patrick Co., VA, Elizabeth Rakes There could be a fifth brother E) Jonathan Boyd, b ??? I suspect that we will find more sons and daughters born to this Joseph Boyd. So if you can do some research in the "old" Bucks Co. PA of 1740 could you please let the list know. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

If you have other ways/methods to cite your information please tell the list. Each of us have our own ways to remember where information comes from. For our "newer" members - and perhaps for those older ones as well - start up a FILE call "sources" or "database" where you can put tips for citing or where you can get information from. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Ligon To: Mike Boyd ; Bill Boyd ; BOYD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Citing each "bit" of information on your Boyd tree This is great advice, because I, like a lot of others I'm sure, learned this well after I'd been compiling family information (especially online). One technique I like to use while conducting research online is to first open a blank email, address it to myself, and then while I'm researching, I copy and paste the address of the websites I visit or make note of other directions to where ever I find information. At the end of my session, I email it to myself (and go to bed!) and I have a record. This way, if I forget to put a notation with the correct ancestor, I can look it back up. Michelle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oh, Mike... why didn't you tell me to record sources 30 years ago when I started? Seriously: It is VERY good advice. To which I would add: Be organized... but in a way you can keep up. And: Don't trust a computer. (More than you have to!) Part of my system... not SO much for citing my data sources, but for finding the pieces of paper with data AND source citation. For "important" stuff... and stray scraps with "facts", not "to do" items... I have two files. They merely split my archives based on the physical size of the object I want to have under control, after it is folded to however I want to store it. One file is for what we in Europe call "A4"... pieces of paper about the size of US "Letter", c. 8" x 10". And one for A5... which is half of a piece of A4. In those files... and the photocopies of them which I distribute to a cousin, which provides off-site duplication in the event of a fire... I put A4 and A5 sized "stuff"... which covers most of my work. Of course, some of my work is on a computer. But if I find a useful census record image, I print out a copy for the file. For many things, on the hardcopy, I have a reference to what the file is called on the computer, in case I want the machine readable copy. But if it is no longer available, at least I have the material in SOME form. (I will often change the file's name on the computer to the FHS.... code which I will explain in a moment.) A single document in the file may be one page or many, stapled together in the latter instance. Whenever I get around to awarding something "filed" status, it gets an index code in its upper right hand corner... which allows me to refer to it concisely anywhere else in my work. The documents are in the file according to their index code, hence, if I have the code, I can always find the document, and filing isn't a chore of "finding the right place". With a little "wiggle room" for sanity, I try to adhere to a rule that says that once something is in this file, it is "set in stone"... I mainly use the file for primary source material... copies of wills, extracts from books, etc. Commentary and analysis is handled outside of this filing system, although it will from time to time get a document which is, say, my understanding at a certain moment of a particular branch of the family. The code on a document is something like FHS409c23a. I won't explain "why" every choice, but I will say that my "day job" was computer related, and I have some knowledge of what makes good coding and what doesn't. While the coding system just "pours everything" into a heap "helter skelter", there's no reason you can't create INDEXES to what is in the file. Here's how the hypothetical "FHS409c23e" got it's name FHS: A prefix, shared by all of these documents, to distinguish them from other collections of records. ("Family History Stuff") 4: Here we have a 4 or a 5, depending on the size of the document (A4 or A5) 09: Filed in 2009. Always use two digits for the year, although if you are starting now, that won't be a problem, will it! Yes... my system will have a "Y2K" crisis after 100 years. (In 2083, as I started filing things this way in 1983, and "just know" that anything with 83-99 in the 5th and 6th positions is from the 1900s) c: Filed in December. Trust me: Use 1,2 3.. 9 for Jan Feb, Mar... Sept, and a,b,c for October, November, December. It REALLY IS better that way... even if it feels strange at first. 23: Filed on the 23rd of December 2009. As with the year, always use two digits... so, for example, an A4 sized paper filed on 2 March 2010 would have a code starting FHS410302 Nearly there! You may, of course, want to file more than one paper on a given day. (Note that the date of the document itself is irrelevant to the code for the document). That's what the final character is for. Assign "a" to the first document of the day, "b" to the second, etc. So our exemplar was the 5th document filed on that day. Whew! Hope there were things of interest in that! http://sheepdogsoftware.co.uk TK Boyd's site with freeware and shareware for kids, parents, schools... and others.

Bill With the groups effort we will get to find who Robert, Hugh, Joseph and James parents are!! Hopefully sooner than later. TO OTHER LIST MEMBERS You always need to cite where you get you material from. We all get old and forget the source of bits of the details of own family. So if it is from a book cite the full title; or a published article; website. Even it is verbal advice from aunty Mable and uncle Tom, cite the date place and whom you were speaking to and perhaps how they information was recorded - taking notes of talk or a recording. This will become important at some future time when someone is trying to "resolve" a conflict in information. I have seen many things written about the Boyds in books that are not correct. So all you can do is say "according to XYZ" such and such is said. You or future researchers of your family may be able to find data that supports that statement or disproves the statement. SO REMEMBER - TO HELP YOUR SELF IN YOUR OLD AGE - WRITE DOWN THE SOURCE OF ALL INFORMATION. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Boyd To: Mike Boyd ; BOYD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:36 PM Subject: Boyds in Virginia Mike and all, I never expected the kind of response that that I have received about my Boyd family in Virginia. Thank you all. Sometimes all you have to do is ask. An important and hardest part of genealogical research is being able to prove the facts. That is the part that I am working on. I have collected my information from a lot of sources and some without citations. I believe that my basic tree is solid. Some of the branches need proving. An example of this is with my Grandfather. His Certificate of Death, information provided by my Father, states that his middle name is Dallas. No where other than that certificate does his name appear as Dallas. Even his World War I draft registration, personally signed by him, says William Dee Boyd. He was known by all of his friends and family as Dee or Poppa Dee. I have requested a copy of his birth certificate from the Commonwealth of Virginia and they cannot find a record. That is just one reason why I need to personally go to those records and search for myself. An interesting conflict. That’s what makes it interesting. It is not fact until it is proven. The information that I provide without citations or proof is just a clue or a starting place to get to the fact. Thank you all for the comments and suggestions. Let’s see if we can resolve some of the differences and prove the facts. Thank you Bill Boyd

Hi,   On Tuesday, April 19th, 2011, Mike Boyd will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan to give a talk on the history of the Boyds.  It will be from 9am-noon at the Main Library in downtown Grand Rapids.  I am still awaiting confirmation of the exact room, so I will send an update once I have it finalized.  If you are planning to attend this talk, please send me an email so that I can make sure you are notified of the exact location.    We are very lucky to have Mike Boyd coming to Michigan and I hope that anyone living in the area and interested in the Boyd family will make an attempt to come to this talk.  The talk will be appropriate for veteran genealogists and those just starting to explore their family history.  If you have a family tree, please print it out or put it on a thumb drive and bring it to the meeting.  Mike has collected over 640 individual Boyd families and is working towards connecting all of these families together.    I look forward to meeting some of you on the 19th!   Yolanda Boyd

Need to make something clear. This JOSEPH BOYD of Bucks County was living in modern day Bucks County. We have him in lower Bucks as I recall. Bucks is not like Chester County. It only went north into Northampton County (modern). We have not found anyone connected to Joseph. Colin Brooks Quakertown, Bucks County, PA ;) The 1718 Project In a message dated 4/1/2011 12:55:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mikejboyd@bigpond.com writes: Sherrie Kirby of Richmond, VA sent this information a few days ago on these Boyd of Patrick County, Virginia "I also made a copy of James Boyd's Revolutionary War Pension Request. In that document he states that his father was Joseph Boyd born in Bucks Co Pa in 1740. They were living in Surry Co, NC at the time of the Rev. War, Joseph (his father) was beaten up by the Tories (English) and could not join the militia that was forming to fight, so James at age 14 joined in his fathers place. My thinking on that is that he was the oldest son. Some of his exploits are mentioned in the history books, he's pretty well known around those parts." So are there any Boyd or Boyd researchers in Bucks County, PA or near by, whom maybe able to join this group researching this group of Boyd families form Patrick County, VA? This Joseph Boyd family from "Bucks" County of 1740 would be much larger than the present day Bucks Co. So they may have lived in one of the other Counties cut of from Bucks Co. I am not sure if there are old birth records for Bucks Country in the 1740's or earlier, that may help discover more about this family family. So some time before 1776, this family has moved from Bucks Co., PA to Surry Co., NC where Joseph's son James Boyd, aged 14 years when he joined in his father place. Then by 1798 they are on Tax records for Patrick County, VA - only about 30-45 miles from their home in Surry Co., NC. So this is where many of our current researcher pick up this family.

Harold Boyd of Buchanan Co., VA has provided this limited information on:- "Ona or Leony Boyd, born about 1810, Patrick County, Virginia. She married Edward (Edmond) Arrington on 8 March 1829 in Patrick County, Virginia. They haven't been very easy to track, but last found in the 1880 Census in Scott County, Virginia. They may well have left Patrick County around same time period as her Brother Elisha and some other's of the Cockram Family. " Again does any member of this list have any connection to this family? Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

Do any list members have any connection to this family:- "Samuel Boyd was born about 1808 (Virginia). He is most probably the Samuel who married Ruth Griffith in Franklin Co., Virginia on 30 Dec 1834, but concrete proof is still lacking. " It is thought that this Samuel Boyd is the son of Robert Boyd and Elizabeth Rakes. If so they could have moved to Russell co., VA and may be to Buchanan co., VA or one of those western Virginia counties. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

I came across this on the Drew County Arkansas Gen Web site. C.M. BOYD C.M. Boyd, planter, Monticello, Ark. It can not be denied that a man who lives according to the highest principles of what he conceives to be right, helping others and caring for those unable to do for themselves, in a word, keeping as his aim the golden rule, will receive the most honored esteem of his fellow creatures. Such a one is the subject of this sketch. Born in Chicot COunty, Ark., March 6, 1839, he was the son of Frank A. and Frances E. (Morrell) Boyd. The father was a native of Laurens District, S.C., born in 1809, and the mother was a native of Mississippi, born August 10, 1817, where they were married June 18, 1838. The father came to Mississippi when a boy, and in 1838, with his wife and two children, came to Arkansas and located in Union, now Chicot County, near grand Lake, where he entered a large tract of land. He was one of the first settlers of that region, and suffered many of the privations incident to pioneer life. Wild animals were numerous, and his table was almost always supplied with bear meat or venison. In 1848 the family removed to Ashley County, Ark., which was then Drew County, and there remained until 1880, when they came with our subject to Monticello. At this place both passed the closing scenes of their lives, the father dying January 6, 1887, and the mother September 24, 1886. They were the parents of ten children: Marcus D., Charles M. and Young P. (now living). The father was a farmer all his life, and was an honest, industrious citizen. C.M. Boyd was principally reared in Ashley County, and was brought up to hard labor on the farm, which he assisted his father in clearing. He remained at home until the war broke out, and in 1861 enlisted in Capt. Wether's company, and served until the surrender. He was in the calvary, and had a horse shot under him. Upon the reorganization of the regiment he was made lieutenant, and was also in the commissary department for some time. He was in a great many hard-fought battles, and after the surrender he resumed farming for a short time. He cut a raft, hired some hands, and ran it to New Orleans, when he sold it. He was deputy sheriff for two years in Ashley County. He next engaged in mercantile pursuits under the firm title of Files, Boyd & Co., but during the Clayton trouble their business was almost broken up. He, however, started again, and after running for a short time sold out to William Stell and went to Collins, where he clerked from 1872 to 1877. He then formed a partnership with Maj. J.T.W. Tillar and continued copartnership until January, 1888, when Mr. Boyd bought his partner outand continued the same alone until recently. He has several thousand acres of good land, and has a good store on one farm. He has over 1,000 acres under cultivation, and is one of the extensive farmers of Drew and Ashley Counties. He was first married, in 1864, to Mrs. Elizabeth Lambert, and his second marriage was to Miss Frances E. Ducker, who bore him one child, C. Morrell (deceased). His third marriage was in 1874 to Miss E.E. Godwin, who bore him six children: Frank H., Anna B., Bettie M., Edna E., Virginia E. and Charley M. Mr. Boyd is a Mason and a K. of P. Joe Boyd Williams SRT Sons of the Republic of Texas Founder House of Boyd Society Calhoun County, Texas Historical Commission Cape Carancahua, Texas Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it. John Adams

This is great advice, because I, like a lot of others I'm sure, learned this well after I'd been compiling family information (especially online).  One technique I like to use  while conducting research online is to first open a blank email, address it to myself, and then while I'm researching, I copy and paste the address of the websites I visit or make note of other directions to where ever I find information.  At the end of my session, I email it to myself (and go to bed!) and I have a record.  This way, if I forget to put a notation with the correct ancestor, I can look it back up. Michelle ________________________________ From: Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: Bill Boyd <wtb2@bellsouth.net>; BOYD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 5:37:12 PM Subject: [BOYD] Citing each "bit" of information on your Boyd tree Bill With the groups effort we will get to find who Robert, Hugh, Joseph and James parents are!!  Hopefully sooner than later. TO OTHER LIST MEMBERS You always need to cite where you get you material from.  We all get old and forget the source of bits of the details of own family. So if it is from a book cite the full title; or a published article; website.  Even it is verbal advice from aunty Mable and uncle Tom, cite the date place and whom you were speaking to and perhaps how they information was recorded - taking notes of talk or a recording.  This will become important at some future time when someone is trying to "resolve" a conflict in information. I have seen many things written about the Boyds in books that are not correct.  So all you can do is say "according to XYZ" such and such is said.  You or future researchers of your family may be able to find data that supports that statement or disproves the statement. SO REMEMBER - TO HELP YOUR SELF IN YOUR OLD AGE - WRITE DOWN THE SOURCE OF ALL INFORMATION. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS   ----- Original Message -----   From: Bill Boyd   To: Mike Boyd ; BOYD-L@rootsweb.com   Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:36 PM   Subject: Boyds in Virginia   Mike and all,   I never expected the kind of response that that I have received about my Boyd family in Virginia.  Thank you all.  Sometimes all you have to do is ask.    An important and hardest part of genealogical research is being able to prove the facts.  That is the part that I am working on.  I have collected my information from a lot of sources and some without citations.  I believe that my basic tree is solid.  Some of the branches need proving.    An example of this is with my Grandfather.  His Certificate of Death, information provided by my Father, states that his middle name is Dallas.  No where other than that certificate does his name appear as Dallas.  Even his World War I draft registration, personally signed by him, says William Dee Boyd. He was known by all of his friends and family as Dee or Poppa Dee.  I have requested a copy of his birth certificate from the Commonwealth of Virginia and they cannot find a record.  That is just one reason why I need to personally go to those records and search for myself.  An interesting conflict.  That’s what makes it interesting.   It is not fact until it is proven.  The information that I provide without citations or proof is just a clue or a starting place to get to the fact.  Thank you all for the comments and suggestions.  Let’s see if we can resolve some of the differences and prove the facts.   Thank you   Bill Boyd

CATHRINE BOYD FROM LAURENS COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA MOVED TO RICHMOND VA AREA. THAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE BOYDS AND THE PUCKETT FAMILY, RE THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES OF THE PUCKETT FAMILY (I THINK BY CHRISTINE GEE OF GREENWOOD, SC. BOYD SPENCER MINER

This is the family I am searching for as well. Some of their descendants went to Franklin Co. KY and then to Floyd and Pike Counties in Kentucky. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Charivari2@aol.com> To: Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: William Boyd (1710-1794) of Bedford Co., VA > The William Boyd that married Margaret Mason is Judy Spears' family. We > have not yet found a link between this Boyd family and the Joseph, Hugh, > Robert Boyd family in Patrick/Franklin Co. VA Judy and I have looked for > it. > Does anyone else on the List know of a link? > Charlene Boyd Kemp > PA State Historian HBS > > > In a message dated 3/30/2011 11:57:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mikejboyd@bigpond.com writes: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > To: <BOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:16 PM > Subject: William Boyd (1710-1794) of Bedford Co., VA > > >> Given the current discussion on Patrick, Franklin and Bedford Counties, > VA >> I have this family for that area:- >> >> From the July 1997 Dean Road, page 7 and 9 there were two entries also > on >> this William:- >> >> William BOYD b 1710/1723 in Bedford, VA and died 27 Jan 1794 in >> >> Bedford. He married Margaret MASON who was born 1725 and died >> >> pre 1776. Children: Martha b abt 1747 m James PATTERSON; Nancy >> >> (Agnes) b abt 1749 m Thomas OLIVER; Jenny b about 1751 m George >> >> DOOLEY; Mary b abt 1752 m Moses DOOLEY; Elizabeth b abt 1753 m >> >> Moses MILAM; James b 1757 m Jane STEVENSON and Margaret b 1759 >> >> m Francis READ. Betsy Arndt, 256 Royal Oak Way, Venice, Florida >> >> 34292 or BetsyVenice@Worldnet.att.net >> >> William BOYD b 1710 in VA was married twice; 1. Margaret MASON >> >> and 2 Martha WOOD in 1722. He was a commander in the Indian >> >> Wars. Nine children believed to be from William and Margaret: >> >> John m Ann DOOLEY 25 Jan 1762; Jenny b 1750 married to George >> >> DOOLEY in 1775 (my line); James m 1st Jane STEVENSON in 1772 >> >> and 2nd Hannah GIBSON in 1779; William m 1st Nancy READ in 1797 >> >> and 2nd Susanna MOODY in 1800; Martha m James PATTERSON; Nancy >> >> "Agnes" m Thomas OLIVER in 1764; Elizabeth b 1752 m Moses MILAM >> >> 1774; Mary b 1752 d 1819 in Wayne Co, IN m Moses DOOLEY and >> >> Margaret born 1748 died 1771 m Francis READ in 1762. I would >> >> appreciate any help on this line. #877 Cinda Urschel, 11912 >> >> Brookshire Pkwy, Carmel, TN 46033 or Ryancin@Oaktree.net >> >> Firstly this William would appear to be in the DAR Patriot Index of > 1990, >> as I have this entry. >> >> L77 William: b c 1710 V A d p 1-29-1791 VA m (1) X (2) Martha Wood PS VA >> >> These 2 Emails address might be out of date!! >> >> It would appear from the comments of all three - Laura, Betsy and Cinda > - >> all saying that he was born in Virginia. While Betsy said that he was > born >> in Bedford Co., VA. So there will be an need to search for any Bedford >> Boyd's before 1710 to find his parents. Census records will be no good > to >> find William's parents, but land records or other historical > records/books >> may assist. >> >> It would appear that William Boyd lived at North Fork of Otter River in >> Bedford County. I am not sure if the North Fork is still in the modern >> Bedford County or if the term referred to 1760. >> >> Bedford County was formed in 1753 from Lunenburg and Albemarle Counties; >> >> Lunenburg County was formed from Brunswick County in 1746; >> >> Brunswick county was formed from Prince George Isle of Wight, Surry >> Counties in 1720. >> >> While Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland and Louisa >> Counties; >> >> Goochland county was formed in 1727 form Henrico; >> >> and Lousia County was formed from Hanover Co. in 1742. >> >> People wanting to find more direct and background information on this >> William Boyd and his origins, may need to consult the County Histories > for >> Bedford, Lunenburg and Brunswick Counties initially. >> >> The outline of this family is from Laura Hadfield's E-mail to me of 7 >> December 2002 (see 4-242B.doc) >> >> S1? Parents >> >> T1? William Boyd, b / /1710 ( ), d /1/1794 ( , Bedford Co., VA), bu , m > / >> /174x (church, town, county, state), Margaret Mason, dau of John and > Mary >> (nee ) Mason, b / /1725 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), before 1776, bu , and had >> issue:- m 2ndly / /177x (church, town, county, state), Martha > Wood/Woods, >> dau of and (nee ) Wood, b / /17xx ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had > issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> - Given Margaret Mason's date of birth compared to William's it is quite >> possible that she is the second wife to William rather than his first >> wife. Need to bear this in mind when searching Bedford Co., VA records. >> Frank Boyd said that Margaret Mason died before 1772 in VA and that >> William married Martha Wood between 1772-1779 in Bedford Co., VA. >> >> While there were various Boyd families in Virginia in the 1600's > starting >> as early as 1641, I do not know enough Virginia history to know if > people >> were living in the current Bedford County area in 1710. Or if these >> researchers have ASSUMED that because William Boyd died in Beford > County, >> VA that he was also born there. >> >> There is only one son records James Boyd born in 1757. This James does >> not appear to be old enough to have been father to the brothers Hugh, >> Joseph and Robert Boyd. So this family might be a red herring to whom > is >> the father of these three brothers >> >> Does anyone have any links between the above family and the three >> brothers - Hugh, Joseph and Robert Boyd? >> >> Thankyou >> >> Mike Boyd >> Historical Committee, HBS >> > > > > _______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with > The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! 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Pat When I was travelling through the east Coast last year, I was told that "some" families did move back north. I think it was in SC or NC back to VA. I think this was something to do with tabacco lands or growing tabacco. Up to then, I had always thought that the movement was always South. Or could this be because the rivers to western Virginia ran though North Carolina. If any list members can add any views to this discussion please say so. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: <pdlong57@cox.net> To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com>; "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com>; <Charivari2@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > Mike, they have the records on microfilm at the State Library. You can > access some of the records via internet but I don't have the URL for them > now as they change it periodically and add materials to the website. I > use Ancestry at my local library and find information there, but have not > looked for the Boyds. There seems to be others on the list that descend > from the Boyds in Franklin Co, VA. I have always thought that mine came > up out of the Carolinas, but no proof. > > Everyone take care. It is a miserable day here in Roanoke. Cold and > raining. Good day to stay home and work on genealogy. > > Pat Long

Pat Could I ask you to both give me the name of your 88 yearl old friend please and to resend he known family tree for me please. Hopefully, it is already on my PC some where. The infoamtion will allow me to check more easily. Thank you Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: <pdlong57@cox.net> To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com>; "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com>; <Charivari2@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > > I don't think I have a connection to the Boyds in PA, but I have a friend > whose maiden name was Boyd. She is 88 years old now and her grandfather > was a Methodist Minister and moved around somewhat. Her family was in PA. > I probably sent you her information too as I was trying to help her piece > her family together. > Pat Long >

I am looking for my husband's Boyd's Family. This is what I know. John BOYD, Sr. b 1735 England d May 1800. m CA-1754 Sarah (GRYFYTH) GRIFFITH b Wales d Dec 1806 Berkeley Co.,VA (now West Virginia). This BOYD family came from England about 1750, John Boyd, Sr. settled in VA receiving a tract of land from Lord Fairfax, the close friend of George Washingon. The old BOYD mansion, built in all probability by Elisha BOYD (1769-1841), son of John, Sr (1735-1800)., is still to be seen at Martinsburg, now West VA. He had 8 children. The seven older of these emigrated to Kentucky soon after the State was admitted to the Union. General Elisha BOYD, the 8th child remained in VA at the BOYD home. They settled in Berkeley Co.,VA now West Virginia. 1.) Charles BOYD b 12-April-1756 VA d 1831 Never Married was the eldest child who was born presumably in Berkeley Co.,VA. No one in the family has found any written record of what disability or injury he may have had, but based upon his father's will dated in 1800 when Charles was forty-four years of age, he was unable to provide for himself. Charles lived with his yournger brother John in Nicholas Co.KY after his mother died, and moved with him to Lawrence Co.,IN, in 1827. On 19-Jan-1828, when Charles was seventy-one years of age, John's son, John III, entered into an agreement to support Charles during his natural life, It is believed Charles died in Indian Creek Twp.,IN ca 1830. He was age 74 at the time of his death. The given name Charles seems to have brought bad luck in the BOYD family. Charles Anthony BOYD is the fourth and last Charles BOYD in four consecutive generations and they are the only Charles BOYD'S in the whole family. Only one of them had children or good health. 2.) Margaret BOYD b 15-Feb-1758 Berkeley Co.,VA (now West Virginia) was the second child of John and Sarah (GRIFFITH) BOYD, and was married to a SUTTON. His given name may have been John. She was alive at the date of her mother's will in Octorber 1805, and presumably was living in KY as were all the other children except Elisha, the youngest child. John SUTTON was the only known child of Margaret BOYD. Since his parents may have married before marriage records were first kept in Berkeley Co.,VA in 1781. John SUTTON may have been an adult prior to his being named in his grandfather's will written in April 1800. Margaret was named in her mother's will written in October 1805, however John was not one of the other grandchildren to receive a legacy at that time, which may indicate that he had reach majority or had died. It seems probable that John SUTTON is the only grandchild in this line of descent since his mother was 42 years of age when she and John were named in John BOYD'S will in 1800. 3.) *John BOYD, JR. (who is my husband's 4th great grandfather) b 9-Jan-1760 Martinsburg,Berkeley Co.,VA d 1829 Bedford,Lawrence Co., IN bur: Shiloh Church Cem. 4 miles West of Bedford,IN was a Pvt in Revolutionary War and VA Militia. m 7-Sep-1791 Martinsburg,Berkeley Co.,West VA Ann "Nancy" MARTIN b 1773 d 1818 or 1820. They had 14 children: (1) William G. BOYD b May 1792 Near Martinsburg,WV m 1-Jun-1835 Nicholas Co.,KY Peace HOPKINS; (2) Sarah BOYD b Feb 1794 In or near Martinsburg,VA now West VA d 1858/9 bur: Clinton Twp.,near Elizabeth,IN on their farm - Isaac and Sarah BOYD POWELL. Sarah m 29-Jan-1811 Isaac POWELL b ca-1780 d 1843 2nd m Jasper VIDITO 9-Dec-1847; (3) Charlotte Elizabeth BOYD b 15-Nov-1795 d 1797; (4) John BOYD, III b 14-Sep-1797 KY d 4-Mar-1871 Bedford,Lawrence Co.,IN bur: Bedford,IN New Union Church Cemetery which is 4 miles west of Bedford,IN. He first m Nancy ? ca-1816 KY 2nd m 17-Jun-1828 Eliza J. EVANS; (5) Elijah BOYD b 1799 Bourbon Co.,KY later Nicholas Co.,KY d bef 1836 in Phillps Co.,AR m Virginia ? ca 1820; (6) Nancy BOYD b 13-Mar-1801 Nicholas Co.,KY d 9-Aug-1869 Lawrence Co.,IN m 5-Nov-1819 Nicholas Co.,KY Nathan HURD, 2nd m 14-Dec-1823 Alexander Julius KERN d 5-Sep-1856; (7) Elisha BOYD b 1-Feb-1803 d 1873 Baptized: The Bedford Christian Church in 1846. Bur: Carbondale,IL Woodlawn Cemetery on East Main Street-Lot 65, Section 20 m 13-May-1824 Nicholas Co.,KY Phoebe KERN d 19-May-1852, 2nd m 17-Aug-1854 Mary Jane "Martha" TILFORD; (8) Sally Ann "Polly" BOYD b 1805 Nicholas Co.,KY m 9-Mar-1820 Nicholas Co.,KY Elijah HURD, 2nd m 25-Sep-1823 Nicholas Co.,KY John SHELLY; (9) Jane "Jennie" BOYD b 29-Sep-1806 Nicholas Co.,KY d 18-Dec-1880, Baptized: Christian Church at New Union,IN bur: Shiloh Church Cem. 4 miles West of Bedford,IN, m 19-Sep-1820 Nicholas Co.,KY Elizha GROVES, 2nd m 25-May-1825 Nicholas Co.,KY Isaac CALLAHAN b 14-Dec-1805 d 26-Feb-1883; (10) Isaac BOYD b 23-Aug-1808 Nicholas Col.,KY/Martinsburg,VA now W.VA d 13-Nov-1889 Bedford,Lawrence Co.,IN (Senile-Gangrene) bur: Green Hill Cem Bedford,Lawrence Co.,IN m 17-Jul-1828 Lawrence Co.,IN Mahala EVANS b 22-May-1810 d 12-May-1865; (11) Juliana Asia BOYD b 1810 Nicholas Co.,KY m 6-Oct-1830 Lawrence Co.,IN Jacob FISHER d 14-Dec-1858; (12) Ann Rebecca BOYD b 26-Mar-1812 Nicholas Co;.,KY d 7-May-1904 Durango,Iowas m ca-1830 Lawrence Co.,IN William WOODHOUSE b 1808 d Jun-1869; (13) Charles BOYD b 1814 d 1814 died at one month of age; (14) Lucinda BOYD b 6-Dec-1816 died young. *John BOYD, Jr. (1760-1828) came to Nicholas County,Kentucky, having married Nancy MARTIN at Martinsburg, which is now West VA, about 1790-1791; Nancy died while they were in KY after the birth of 14 children. She died about 1818 or 1820. In 1826 John BOYD, Jr., who had served three years in the Revolutionary War from VA, emigrated from Nicholas Co.,KY to Lawrence Co.,IN together with most of his family. He died in 1829, at the age of 69, and is buried at Shiloh Church Cemetery, 4 miles west of Bedford,Lawrence Co.,IN. John's childen either stayed in Indiana or moved on to Missouri, Arkansas or Illinois. Some great grandchildren remained in these states while others went to Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oregon and California. John is buried in Shiloh Church Cemetery, a few miles west of Bedford. IN in Indiana Creek Twp. His grave is in the southwest corner of the cemetery, next to the fence separating the cemetery from the Route 158 road. He was in the 4th Virginia Militia and Revolutionary War. John was the third child of John (1735-1800) and Sarah GRIFFITH BOYD (-1806) was born presumably in the family home just west of Martinsburg near BOYD'S Gap in North Mountain in what was then Frederick County,VA. Berkeley County was created from Frederick County in 1772, located in the northern most part of Virginia that became the eastern most part of the 35th State of West Virginia in 1863, and separating from Virginia over the slavery issue. The first records of John as an individual were those of his Revolutionary War service, beginning as a private in Captain George Walls' Company, 4th Virginia Regiment. Although he entered military service at the age of 17, it was fourteen more years before he was married to Ann "Nancy" MARTIN on 7-Sep-1791 by Reverend John David YOUNG of St. John's Lutheran Church in Martinsburg,VA. John and Nancy went west to Bourbon Co., KY in the mid 1790's coming down the Ohio River on a flat boat and landing at Maysville,KY. They made their way south to what is now Bath Co.,KY where they settled; 4.) William BOYD b 17-Dec-1761 Berkeley Co.,VA (now West Virginia) d April 1805 at age 43, m 10-Nov-1796 Berkeley Co.,VA Jane PARKS, 2nd m 18-Apr-1796 Berkeley Co.,VA Elcy GRAY b ca-1776 d 13-Aug-1838; 5.) Rachel BOYD b 17-Aug-1763 Berkeley Co.,VA 1st m ? BADLEY 2nd m 8-Aug-1793 William H. BAILEY-Rachel's children moved to Arkansas; 6.) Elijah BOYD b 5-Apr-1763 Berkeley Co.,VA d bef 4-May-1803 m 21-Aug-1789 Phebe O. HAYS, 2nd m Ann MOODY 11-Oct-1802. He moved to Bourbon County,KY along with his older brother, John BOYD, Jr (1760-1829) before 7-Dec-1795, after working on his brother John's farm he moved to Washington County,KY some 80 miles to the southwest of Nicholas Co.,KY before the 1800 US Census where he purchase 250 acres of land on 14-Feb-1801 on Pleasant Run, and where he was found on the tax list. 7.) Mary BOYD b 29-Apr-1767 VA d bef 1800 m 6-Apr1786 Berkeley Co.,VA William MUNFORD/MANFORD d May-1804. Mary's children went to Switzerland Co.,IN; Mary died before her father did in 1800, and her children are named in her parents wills; 8.) General Elisha BOYD b 6-Oct-1769 Berkeley Co.,VA d 21-Oct 1841 VA bur: Old Norbourne Cemetery. He was in the War of 1812 and occupation was a Lawyer. He m 1795 Mary WAGGNER 2nd m 1805 or 1806 Elizabeth BYRD d 16-Nov-1839. I have more information on Elisha BOYD. I am sorry this is so long but felt that dates and marriage names were important so as to be able to identify the different BOYD's families in our family and would help in finding more allied families..If you find a connection please email me. Thank you. Pat Curtis in Arkansas-USA

John In the last 4 or 5 days, I have had my messages to the Boyd net site bounce and have to send them 2 or 3 times. So I think there is a problem with the server at present. Hopefully, it will end shortly. A) Does Ancestry say where in Franklin County Elisha and Ella were married and what religion? B) Does Ancestry list their children and where they were born. There may be 2 John Boyd's born to this couple. Thank you Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Boyd" <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> To: "'Mike Boyd'" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com>; <Charivari2@aol.com>; <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA & Russell Co., VA > Groom Name: Elisha Boyd > Bride Name: Ella Leah Cockran > Marriage Date: 18 Nov 1830 > County: Franklin > State: Virginia > > Source Information: > > Ancestry.com. Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, > USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. > Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia > to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. > > BTW, my e-mail is being blocked from the Boyd mailing list, and I am > getting > very upset about that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: boyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf > Of Mike Boyd > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:02 PM > To: Charivari2@aol.com; Boyd@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA & > Russell Co., VA > > List > just looking at the information that Bill Boyd supplied to me for Elisha > Boyd and Ella Leah Cockram and their children. > > He does not know where the first 2 children - Christiana, bc 1830, and > Robert bc 1834, were born. However, he does provide that the 3rd child, > John Boyd was bc 1838 in Russell Co., VA. So this would suggest that > Robert > Boyd or at least Elisha Boyd had moved from Patrick Co, VA to Russell Co. > VA > > So the first task for those who are members of this family group is:- > > I) to find where Robert Boyd and Elizabeth Rakes were married. I WOULD > ASSUME IN PATRICK Co., VA? So does anyone have any information on their > marriage. If not is there some who lives in or near Patrick County that > could do a search at the County Court House please? > > II) Is it known where all of Elisha Boyd and Ella Leah Cockram's > children > > were born. The one that Bill has provided an location for is Russell Co., > VA. So can you list what research you have each done in that County. > > III) Russell County, Va was formed from Washington Co., VA in 1785. > When > Michelle Legon and I went to Abington, VA in Washington Co., VA, we were > told that there are or were a lot of Boyd in that County. > > IV) So have the VA Census from 1810 been used to find both Patrick and > Elisha Boyds families. This may help to locations to find Land Records. > These Census records may also help to identify where both Robert and > Elizabeth Boyd died or where to look for the Cemetery . > > Are there any other sources of information that I have missed that needs > to > be looked at? > > Other Counties mentioned are Tazwell and Buchanan Counties, VA. Judith > Spears of Pikesville, KY - just across the VA/KY border will be hosting a > meeting for me at the end of April 2011. So hopefully we have found a > solution before I give me talk in Pikesville, KY. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Charivari2@aol.com> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > > >> Good morning everyone! Mike, this is from my family of Boyds in >> Patrick/Franklin County VA.. Michelle Ligon and Sherrie Kirby and I all >> go back to >> these three brothers, that we know of, Hugh, Joseph, and Robert. The >> Tiller's research shows that Robert died around 1830 in VA, but they give >> no >> locale. Elizabeth Rakes is listed as the daughter of Charles Rakes and >> Jane, >> Indian(?). For their children, they show the same children, but add >> that >> Oney/Leony married Edmond Arrington on 08 Mar 1829 in Patrick County. >> The >> Tillers then go on to list eight children for Elisha, but there is no >> other >> listing for Leony and Samuel. I'm sure the Tillers won't mind if I list >> he >> eight children in a further reply, if anyone wants to have them in their >> records. Their research is very substantial and has held up so far. >> >> May I make a plea that if anyone knows any thing about these Boyds of >> Patrick and Franklin (they owned land on the border of these two >> counties) > >> that >> they please offer up what they know. The origins of this family has been >> searched for years, but I've seen no proof for anyone's conjectures as >> yet. >> >> >> Charlene Boyd Kemp >> PA State Historian HBS >> > > > > _______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with > The > Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > interested in helping to plan it. > _______________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > ==================== > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make > sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? > Visit the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? 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It is said by a number of researchers that there are 4 brother - Hugh Boyd, Joseph Boyd, James Boyd and Robert Boyd - but nothing is known about their parents or where they came from. The information that I have on these brother is:- U1? Hugh Boyd, b / /1767 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m 1/3/1794 (church, town, Franklin Co., VA), Sarah Ward, dau of and (nee ) Ward, b / /177x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- U2? Joseph Boyd, b / /177x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /180x (church, town, county, state), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ???, b / /177x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [From ch 4/242] U1? Robert Boyd, bc / /1780 (town, county, state), d / /18xx (town, county, state, etc), bu , m 23/10/1806 (church, town, Patrick Co, VA), Elizabeth Rakes, dau of Charles Rakes and Jane Hubbard, b / /1790 (town, Franklin Co., VA), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Ch 27/1361] However, I do not have any data on the brother called James Boyd. Do any members of this have any data on James Boyd's family- that is brother to the above 3 brothers. And can anyone add any more data to the above brothers please. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <BOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:16 PM Subject: William Boyd (1710-1794) of Bedford Co., VA > Given the current discussion on Patrick, Franklin and Bedford Counties, VA > I have this family for that area:- > > From the July 1997 Dean Road, page 7 and 9 there were two entries also on > this William:- > > William BOYD b 1710/1723 in Bedford, VA and died 27 Jan 1794 in > > Bedford. He married Margaret MASON who was born 1725 and died > > pre 1776. Children: Martha b abt 1747 m James PATTERSON; Nancy > > (Agnes) b abt 1749 m Thomas OLIVER; Jenny b about 1751 m George > > DOOLEY; Mary b abt 1752 m Moses DOOLEY; Elizabeth b abt 1753 m > > Moses MILAM; James b 1757 m Jane STEVENSON and Margaret b 1759 > > m Francis READ. Betsy Arndt, 256 Royal Oak Way, Venice, Florida > > 34292 or BetsyVenice@Worldnet.att.net > > William BOYD b 1710 in VA was married twice; 1. Margaret MASON > > and 2 Martha WOOD in 1722. He was a commander in the Indian > > Wars. Nine children believed to be from William and Margaret: > > John m Ann DOOLEY 25 Jan 1762; Jenny b 1750 married to George > > DOOLEY in 1775 (my line); James m 1st Jane STEVENSON in 1772 > > and 2nd Hannah GIBSON in 1779; William m 1st Nancy READ in 1797 > > and 2nd Susanna MOODY in 1800; Martha m James PATTERSON; Nancy > > "Agnes" m Thomas OLIVER in 1764; Elizabeth b 1752 m Moses MILAM > > 1774; Mary b 1752 d 1819 in Wayne Co, IN m Moses DOOLEY and > > Margaret born 1748 died 1771 m Francis READ in 1762. I would > > appreciate any help on this line. #877 Cinda Urschel, 11912 > > Brookshire Pkwy, Carmel, TN 46033 or Ryancin@Oaktree.net > > Firstly this William would appear to be in the DAR Patriot Index of 1990, > as I have this entry. > > L77 William: b c 1710 V A d p 1-29-1791 VA m (1) X (2) Martha Wood PS VA > > These 2 Emails address might be out of date!! > > It would appear from the comments of all three - Laura, Betsy and Cinda - > all saying that he was born in Virginia. While Betsy said that he was born > in Bedford Co., VA. So there will be an need to search for any Bedford > Boyd's before 1710 to find his parents. Census records will be no good to > find William's parents, but land records or other historical records/books > may assist. > > It would appear that William Boyd lived at North Fork of Otter River in > Bedford County. I am not sure if the North Fork is still in the modern > Bedford County or if the term referred to 1760. > > Bedford County was formed in 1753 from Lunenburg and Albemarle Counties; > > Lunenburg County was formed from Brunswick County in 1746; > > Brunswick county was formed from Prince George Isle of Wight, Surry > Counties in 1720. > > While Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland and Louisa > Counties; > > Goochland county was formed in 1727 form Henrico; > > and Lousia County was formed from Hanover Co. in 1742. > > People wanting to find more direct and background information on this > William Boyd and his origins, may need to consult the County Histories for > Bedford, Lunenburg and Brunswick Counties initially. > > The outline of this family is from Laura Hadfield's E-mail to me of 7 > December 2002 (see 4-242B.doc) > > S1? Parents > > T1? William Boyd, b / /1710 ( ), d /1/1794 ( , Bedford Co., VA), bu , m / > /174x (church, town, county, state), Margaret Mason, dau of John and Mary > (nee ) Mason, b / /1725 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), before 1776, bu , and had > issue:- m 2ndly / /177x (church, town, county, state), Martha Wood/Woods, > dau of and (nee ) Wood, b / /17xx ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: ] > > - Given Margaret Mason's date of birth compared to William's it is quite > possible that she is the second wife to William rather than his first > wife. Need to bear this in mind when searching Bedford Co., VA records. > Frank Boyd said that Margaret Mason died before 1772 in VA and that > William married Martha Wood between 1772-1779 in Bedford Co., VA. > > While there were various Boyd families in Virginia in the 1600's starting > as early as 1641, I do not know enough Virginia history to know if people > were living in the current Bedford County area in 1710. Or if these > researchers have ASSUMED that because William Boyd died in Beford County, > VA that he was also born there. > > There is only one son records James Boyd born in 1757. This James does > not appear to be old enough to have been father to the brothers Hugh, > Joseph and Robert Boyd. So this family might be a red herring to whom is > the father of these three brothers > > Does anyone have any links between the above family and the three > brothers - Hugh, Joseph and Robert Boyd? > > Thankyou > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS >